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4, Anthonomus nigromaculatus, sp. n. (Tab. IX. figg. 20, 20a, 2.) 
Rather broad, robust, nigro- or rufo-piceous, the elytra with a broad blackish or darker fascia just below the 
base, the base of the rostrum, the antennex in part, and the legs (the middle of the femora excepted) 
ferruginous, the abdomen testaceous at the tip; thickly clothed with short pubescence, that on the 
prothorax coarser, squamiform, and mostly fulvous or pale ochreous in colour, that on the elytra mottled, 
the latter having a transverse or oblique mark at the base on each side of the scutellum and some spots 
on the disc black or fuscous, and a humeral patch and various scattered spots fulvous or ochreous, these 
showing a tendency to form two fascia beyond the middle. Head closely punctate, the eyes prominent ; 
rostrum (dg) slender, moderately curved, about twice the length of the prothorax, shining, finely 
punctate, tricarinate towards the base, (2 ) more curved, the antennse inserted at about the middle in 
the 9 and at two-fifths from the apex in the ¢. Prothorax broader than long, constricted and narrowed 
in front, the sides rounded at the middle, the surface densely punctate. Elytra gibbous, one-half wider 
than the prothorax, rather short, with obliquely truncated prominent humeri; coarsely punctate-striate, 
the interstices densely rugulose, convex, 2, 4, and 6 each with scattered oblong or angular prominences, 
3,5, and 7 witb feebler elevations, the suture arched towards the base. Anterior femora with a very 
long, stout, triangular, acute tooth, the intermediate and hind femora each with a smaller tooth; anterior 
tibiee sinuous on their inner edge; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 24-33, breadth 13-1? millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Muxico, Teapa [ 2 |] (H. H. Smith) ; Guaremaua, El Reposo [ ¢ ] (Champion) ; 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui [ ¢ ], Pefia Blanca [ 2 ] (Champion). 
Five specimens, the unique male with an angular prominence at the base of the 
fourth elytral interstice only. Very like A. inequalis, but with the prothorax less 
transverse, and its vestiture coarser and more squamiform, the dark, velvety patch at 
the base of the elytra on each side of the scutellum oblique or transverse, the anterior 
femora less incrassate, and with a longer and more acute tooth. 
5. Anthonomus gibbipennis, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 21, 21a, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, robust, dull, rufo-piceous, the legs rufo-testaceous, the femora annulated with fuscous ; densely 
clothed with fine pubescence, that of the prothorax sparse and piliform on the disc, becoming coarse 
and squamiform towards the stdes, and ochreous in colour, slightly variegated with whitish, the elytra 
with a common, angulated, narrow black fascia at the base and another before the middle, and a narrow, 
faint, curved, whitish fascia towards the apex (the anterior fascie not extending beyond the fourth stria), 
the coarser clothing of the prothorax tending to form vitte laterally. Head rugulose; rostrum feebly 
curved, much longer than the head and prothorax, finely punctate and tricarinate, smoother and shining 
towards the tip, the antennz inserted considerably before the middle, joint 1 of the funiculus as long 
as 2-4 united; eyes prominent. Prothorax broad, transverse, abruptly constricted and narrowed in 
front, and slightly widened towards the base; the surface closely granulate, punctate at the apex. 
Elytra gibbous, moderately long, about one-third wider than the prothorax, subparallel in their basal 
half, the base strongly sinuate, the humeri swollen, rounded, and very prominent ; punctate-striate, the 
interstices more or less convex, rugulose, 2-6 with scattered oblong prominences, the anterior one on 2-4 
together forming an oblique ridge, the suture arched towards the base. Legs stout; anterior femora 
strongly clavate and with a large triangular tooth ; intermediate and hind femora each with a small sharp 
tooth ; anterior and intermediate tibie strongly unguiculate, the anterior pair sinuate; tarsal claws with 
a very small tooth at the base. 
Length nearly 5, breadth 23 millim. (<¢.) 
Hab. British Honpuras, Rio Sarstoon (Blancaneaux). 
One specimen. Distinguishable from the other Central-American forms with 
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